Web Resource of the Week
Source: Financial Times Country and Industry Surveys From the Financial Times
Some really great content here. You�ll find surveys for dozens of countries and other areas (e.g. Alberta, Cayman Islands, Egypt, New South Wales) and even more industries (e.g. Business Education, Automotive, E-Learning, World Insurance). Each survey contains several articles about various aspects of the topic. For example, the Food Processing Industry survey contains stories on food safety, organic and functional foods, drink brands, and industry trends. Surveys also contain links to "previous" or "related" surveys that might NOT be linked from the primary web page. In addition to the surveys, the FT also provides web access to "People Dossiers". These reports contain biographical information on key global business leaders along with a direct link to run a search on that person in the FT Global Archive of full-text material (free).
Resources, Tools, and Full-Text Documents (5 Items) Middle East--Web Resources
Source: OCLC OCLC NetFirst Hot Topics, Middle East: Arab-Israeli Conflict
A selection of quality web accessible resources (biographies, primary documents, news links, etc) about this topic. Each link also contains an annotation and cataloging data. See Also: Additional OCLC NetFirst� Hot Topics
-- Information Technology Industry--Canada--Lists & Rankings
Source: Branham.Com The Branham 300 (Top IT Companies In Canada) The following lists are available:
100 Top Software Companies
100 Top IT Professional Services
25 Top IT Multinationals in Canada
25 Up and Coming Technology Firms
20 Top Wireless Technology, Companies
10 Top Internet Service Providers
10 Top Application Service Providers
10 Top Telecom Wireless Service Providers
-- Prescription Drugs--United States
Source: NCHS Data Brief, Full-Text: Patterns of Prescription Drug Use in the United States, 1988-1994
- Foreign Affairs--Canada
Source: DFAIT Site Redesign: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada
-- Mathematics
Source: Elsevier New Portal: MathematicsWeb
Preprint server, searchable database of abstracts, full-text (fee-based) articles, useful sites.
Professional Reading Shelf Metadata
Source: Library Journal "Metadata As If Libraries Depended on It"
Roy Tennant's monthly column provides a well-written and solid overview of metadata. Tennant writes, "In digital library work, we often talk about metadata, what I jokingly call "cataloging by those paid better than librarians." See Also, Introduction to Metadata: Pathways to Digital Information
From the Getty Research Institute. The full-text is available on the web.
News Brief Kudos to the Resource Discovery Network
The RDN, a U.K. based "hub" to numerous compilations of high quality web resources, has just cataloged resource number 50,000. Along with the LII and Infomine, the RDN is a "must have" portal to quality web material.
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